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October 8, 2015, 3:01 AM

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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
David Besbris / Official Google Blog:
Google launches Accelerated Mobile Pages for faster mobile web, partners with Twitter, Pinterest, Adobe, LinkedIn, WordPress, and more  —  Introducing the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, for a faster, open mobile web  —  Smartphones and tablets have revolutionized the way we access information …
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Amazon weighs creating a live online TV service, holds preliminary talks with CBS, NBCUniversal  —  Amazon Said to Weigh Creating a Live Online Television Service  —  Amazon.com Inc. is exploring the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to major media companies …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Dell in talks for full or partial takeover of EMC  —  Dell Is in Talks to Strike Merger Deal With EMC, Sources Say  —  Unclear whether deal would be for part or all of EMC  —  Dell Inc. is in talks to strike a combination with EMC Corp., according to people familiar with the matter …
Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
Light debuts L16 camera, with 16 separate lens modules that can create a single 52 megapixel picture, preorder now for $1299, will ship summer 2016  —  This camera is actually 16 cameras in one  —  It's not often that you see something truly different when it comes to camera design these days.
Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
Matthew Keys found guilty of hacking under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; US attorney's office may seek less than five year prison sentence in January  —  Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty of Three Counts of Hacking  —  On Wednesday, a jury in Sacramento, California …
Reuters:
Sources claim IP address belonging to Lyft CTO Chris Lambert used to accessed a security key later used in 2014 breach of Uber driver data  —  Exclusive: In lawsuit over hacking, Uber probes IP address assigned to Lyft exec - sources  —  Eight months after disclosing a major data breach …
New York Times:
State-affiliated Chinese hackers breached LoopPay's corporate network as early as March, no indication that consumer data was stolen  —  Chinese Hackers Breached LoopPay, a Contributor to Samsung Pay  —  WASHINGTON — Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung's …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Jet.com Overhauls Business Model, Kills $50 Membership Fee to Broaden Appeal  —  Jet.com launched less than three months ago, but it's already pivoting its business model.  —  The startup shopping site, which gives discounts to shoppers who place large orders, has decided to do away …

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